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Diction
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Style of speaking or writing.
choice of words: good diction. |
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Imagery
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The formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things, or of such images collectively: the dim imagery of a dream.
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Simile
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A figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared.
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“she is like a rose.”
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Metaphor
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A figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance.
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“A mighty fortress is our God.”
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Parallel structure
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Using the same pattern of words to show that two or more words or ideas are of equal importance and to help the reader comprehend.
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Pathos
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Persuading by appealing to the reader's emotions.
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Logos
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Persuading by the use of reasoning.
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Rhetorical Question
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A question without an answer.
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Hyperbole
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obvious and intentional exaggeration.
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To wait an eternity
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Tone
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A particular style or manner, as of writing or speech.
Mood: the macabre tone of Poe's stories. |
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Allusion
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A passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication.
The novel's title is an allusion to Shakespeare. |
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Personification
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The representation of a thing or abstraction in the form of a person, as in art.
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Exemplification
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Symbolization characterized by the relation between a sample and what it refers to.
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Enumeration
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Form of argumentation, in which all the possibilities are set out and all but one are eliminated."
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